Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
34317:[2025 Spring]Comprehensive Skills 1 (SJ) 2025 Spring Wed4 College　Of　Economics SHIRAI HARUMI 1

Campus

BKC

Class Venue

Rarcadia308

Language

English/Japanese

Course Outline and Method

The emphasis of the English program is REACH which stands for Responsibility, Environment, Awareness, Collaboration, and Humanitarianism. In Dual Language course, you are to learn another foreign language in addition to English. You take two English courses in each semester. As the name of this course suggests, this course is designed so that you can develop your reading, listening, writing, speaking skills along with vocabulary and grammar, but the main focus is on developing reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar because listening and speaking skills are covered by Communication Skills 1. Each unit provides reading, writing and grammar activities, and through these activities you can brush up your skills. You are supposed to prepare for each class, submit assignments, and take quizzes and exams in accordance with your teacher’s instruction. Your teacher will provide feedback in the physical classroom, on manaba+R, depending on the activity.
This is an intermediate (IM) level class and students will be graded on an intermediate level rubric.
【＋R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照（第1回で実施予定）

Student Attainment Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
・identify the main idea of a paragraph
・get meaning from context
・identify supporting details
・take notes

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1

Orientation, Unit 1 Food and Health

Warm Up, Reading A: Sweet Love

2

Unit 1 Food and Health

Reading B: Food for the Future

3

Unit 1 Food and Health, Unit 2 Call of the Wild

Video: Space Food, Reading A; Song of the Humpback

4

Unit 2 Call of the Wild

Unit 1 Quiz, Reading B: The 1,000 Year Bird Song

5

Unit 2 Call of the Wild, Unit 3 History Detectives

Video: The Lion's Roar, Reading A: Was King Tut Murdered?

6

Unit 3 History Detectives

Unit 2 Quiz, Reading B: Who Killed the Iceman?

7

Unit 3 History Detectives, Unit 4 Traditions and Rituals

Video: Walking with Giants, Reading A: Living Treasures

8

Unit 4 Traditions and Rituals

Midterm Exam, Reading B: The Changing Face of Kung Fu

9

Unit 4 Traditions and Rituals

Unit 3 Quiz, Video: Dragon Boat Festival

10

Unit 5 Finding Wonders

Unit 4 Quiz, Reading A: The Secrets in the Sand

11

Unit 5 Finding Wonders

Reading B: The Stories in the Rocks

12

Unit 6 Reef Encounters

Video: Digging into the Past, Reading A: Cities Beneath the Sea

13

Unit 6 Reef Encounters

Unit 5 Quiz, Reading B: The Truth about Great Whites, Video: Ocean Megabuilders

14

Unit 6 Reef Encounters, Wrap Up

Unit 6 Quiz, Final Exam

Class Format

All classes will be conducted in person.

Recommendations for Private Study

Students are expected to:
- check announcements from the instructor posted in the Course News.
- come to class prepared.
- work on assignments and submit by the deadline.
- ask questions and make comments through the Threaded Discussion Forum on manaba+R.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

60% Continual Assessment ( including SPARK)/30% Midterm & Final Exams /10% Extra Work

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Active participation in class activities is required. Participation includes in-class activities, activities via manaba+R (reading course news, turning in assignments, contributing to discussions on the bulletin board), My English Lab and other methods required by the teacher. Please remember you are responsible for any information you miss if you are absent. Keep track of when your assignments are due: no (and late) submission will lower your grade.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Reading Explorer 2 Nancy Douglas, David Bohke Cengage Learning 9798214085630 Use only the first half of the textbook

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Most learning activities are based on the textbook, which will be used in most every class. So make sure to buy one before the first class and bring it to every class. The accompanying online resources (My English Lab) will also be used regularly and for extra activities.

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Communication Paper,Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students

Other Comments

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